Life During Colonial Life During Colonial TimesTimes

Essential Question: How Essential Question: How is your life different is your life different from a child during the from a child during the

Colonial period?Colonial period?

Unit Plan Behavioral Unit Plan Behavioral ObjectivesObjectives• Students will gather, report, share, and discuss Students will gather, report, share, and discuss information researched by the students about the information researched by the students about the colonial times in their local community.colonial times in their local community.

• Students will gather, report, share, and discuss Students will gather, report, share, and discuss information researched by the students information researched by the students pertaining to individuals and groups from pertaining to individuals and groups from colonial times who directly influenced their colonial times who directly influenced their community.community.

• Students will create and label maps from the Students will create and label maps from the colonial times of their local community and colonial times of their local community and surrounding area.surrounding area.

• Students will read literature pertaining to the Students will read literature pertaining to the colonial times. They will reflect upon this colonial times. They will reflect upon this literature both orally and through written form. literature both orally and through written form.

Learning ObjectivesLearning Objectives

• Students will develop an understanding of Students will develop an understanding of American culture as it was exhibited during the American culture as it was exhibited during the colonial times.colonial times.

• Students will learn about the important groups Students will learn about the important groups and individuals who played important roles in the and individuals who played important roles in the development of their local community.development of their local community.

• Students will learn how families in local Students will learn how families in local communities have changed in various ways since communities have changed in various ways since the colonial times.the colonial times.

• Students will become familiar with the geography Students will become familiar with the geography of their local community.of their local community.

• Students will learn how to respond to literature Students will learn how to respond to literature through writing and oral exercise pertaining to through writing and oral exercise pertaining to colonial times.colonial times.

Lesson PlanLesson Plan

•Aim: Students will be able to Aim: Students will be able to perform and describe the perform and describe the process of butter churning as process of butter churning as done by Colonial children.done by Colonial children.

Do Now Do Now

•Independent Work - List the Independent Work - List the different types of chores that different types of chores that you do in your house. Be sure you do in your house. Be sure to describe exactly what it is to describe exactly what it is you do and how often you have you do and how often you have to do them. How do you feel to do them. How do you feel about doing these chores?about doing these chores?

Whole Class Whole Class

•Students who volunteer will Students who volunteer will share their responses.share their responses.

Read Aloud Read Aloud

•Excerpts from “My Brother Sam Excerpts from “My Brother Sam is Dead” pages 47, 71 and 72 – is Dead” pages 47, 71 and 72 – 73. 73.

Pair Work Pair Work

•Students will work with a Students will work with a partner to list as many chores partner to list as many chores as they can from the excerpt as they can from the excerpt they just heard.they just heard.

Whole Class Discussion Whole Class Discussion

•Students will answer the Students will answer the following question, “What are following question, “What are some of the products that were some of the products that were made with milk during that time made with milk during that time period?”period?”

Mini-lesson Mini-lesson

•Teacher will demonstrate to Teacher will demonstrate to students the butter churning students the butter churning process during the Colonial process during the Colonial period.period.

Group Work Group Work

•Students will work in groups to Students will work in groups to churn their own butter. churn their own butter.

Independent work Independent work

•Students will create a graphic Students will create a graphic organizer to describe the organizer to describe the butter churning process.butter churning process.

Homework Homework •Students will use their graphic Students will use their graphic organizers to assist them in organizers to assist them in writing a description of the writing a description of the butter churning process.butter churning process.